Digital Integrated Circuits

Digital Integrated Circuits A Design Perspective

Jan M. Rabaey

Digital Integrated Circuits

Introduction

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The First Computer

The Babbage Difference Engine (1832) 25,000 parts cost: £17,470 Digital Integrated Circuits

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ENIAC - The first electronic computer (1946)

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Evolution in Complexity

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Evolution in Transistor Count

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Evolution in Speed/Performance

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Introduction

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Intel 4004 Micro-Processor

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Intel Pentium (II) microprocessor

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Silicon in 2010 Density Access Time (Gbits/cm2) (ns) Die Area: 2.5x2.5 cm DRAM 8.5 10 Voltage: 0.6 V DRAM (Logic) 2.5 10 Technology: 0.07 µm SRAM (Cache) 0.3 1.5 Density Max. Ave. Power Clock Rate (Mgates/cm2) (W/cm2) (GHz) Custom 25 54 3 Std. Cell 10 27 1.5 Gate Array 5 18 1 Single-Mask GA 2.5 12.5 0.7 FPGA 0.4 4.5 0.25 Digital Integrated Circuits

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Design Abstraction Levels SYSTEM

MODULE + GATE

CIRCUIT

DEVICE G S n+

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D n+

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